वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-38, verse-20

अयं हि मां दीपयते समुत्थितस्तनूजशोकप्रभवो हुताशनः ।
महीमिमां रश्मिभिरुत्तमप्रभो यथा निदाघे भगवान्दिवाकरः ॥२०॥

20. ayaṃ hi māṃ dīpayate samutthitastanūjaśokaprabhavo hutāśanaḥ ,
mahīmimāṃ raśmibhiruttamaprabho yathā nidāghe bhagavāndivākaraḥ.

20. ayam hi mām dīpayate samutthitaḥ
tanūjaśokaprabhavaḥ hutāśanaḥ
mahīm imām raśmibhiḥ uttamaprabhaḥ
yathā nidāghe bhagavān divākaraḥ

20. hi ayam tanūjaśokaprabhavaḥ samutthitaḥ hutāśanaḥ mām dīpayate,
yathā bhagavān uttamaprabhaḥ divākaraḥ nidāghe raśmibhiḥ imām mahīm dīpayate

20. Indeed, this fire, born from the grief for my son, is consuming me, just as the glorious sun (divākara) with its excellent rays parches this earth in summer.

Words meanings summery:

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine nominative singular)

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because, for

• माम् (mām) - me

• दीपयते (dīpayate) - inflames, consumes (ignites, sets ablaze, illuminates, causes to shine)

• समुत्थितः (samutthitaḥ) - risen, arisen, originated, standing up

• तनूजशोकप्रभवः (tanūjaśokaprabhavaḥ) - originating from grief for a son, born from son-grief

• हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - fire, Agni (god of fire)

• महीम् (mahīm) - earth

• इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine accusative singular)

• रश्मिभिः (raśmibhiḥ) - by rays, with rays

• उत्तमप्रभः (uttamaprabhaḥ) - of excellent splendor, of supreme light

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• निदाघे (nidāghe) - in summer

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - glorious, divine, venerable, fortunate

• दिवाकरः (divākaraḥ) - the sun (literally 'day-maker')

Words meanings and morphology

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: refers to hutāśanaḥ

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because, for

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

दीपयते (dīpayate) - inflames, consumes (ignites, sets ablaze, illuminates, causes to shine)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of dīp

Causative, Present Tense, Ātmanepada, 3rd person singular

Causative form of √dīp (to shine)

Root: dīp (class 4)

समुत्थितः (samutthitaḥ) - risen, arisen, originated, standing up

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samutthita

samutthita - risen, arisen, standing up, produced, originated

Past Passive Participle

from sam + ut + √sthā (to stand)

Prefixes: sam+ut

Root: sthā (class 1)

तनूजशोकप्रभवः (tanūjaśokaprabhavaḥ) - originating from grief for a son, born from son-grief

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tanūjaśokaprabhava

tanūjaśokaprabhava - originating from grief for a son

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tanūja+śoka+prabhava)

• tanūja – son, child (literally 'body-born')
  noun (masculine)
  from tanū (body) + ja (born)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• śoka – grief, sorrow, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• prabhava – origin, source, birth, power, originating from
  noun (masculine)
  from pra + √bhū (to be, to arise)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhū (class 1)

हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - fire, Agni (god of fire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire (literally 'fire that consumes oblations'), Agni

from huta (offered) + aśana (eating)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered, sacrificed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root √hu (to offer, sacrifice)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food, that which eats
  noun (neuter)
  from root √aś (to eat)
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Subject of dīpayate

महीम् (mahīm) - earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground

Note: Object of implied action by divākaraḥ, analogous to 'mām' for hutāśanaḥ

इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Agrees with 'mahīm'

रश्मिभिः (raśmibhiḥ) - by rays, with rays

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of raśmi

raśmi - ray (of light), cord, bridle

Note: Means by which the sun acts

उत्तमप्रभः (uttamaprabhaḥ) - of excellent splendor, of supreme light

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttamaprabha

uttamaprabha - of excellent splendor, of supreme light

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (uttama+prabha)

• uttama – best, excellent, supreme, highest
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of ud (up)
• prabha – light, splendor, radiance
  noun (masculine)
  from pra + √bhā (to shine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhā (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

निदाघे (nidāghe) - in summer

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of nidāgha

nidāgha - heat, summer, warm season

from ni + √dah (to burn)

Prefix: ni

Root: dah (class 1)

भगवान् (bhagavān) - glorious, divine, venerable, fortunate

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - glorious, divine, blessed, venerable, fortunate, illustrious

from bhaga (fortune, prosperity)

दिवाकरः (divākaraḥ) - the sun (literally 'day-maker')

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of divākara

divākara - the sun (literally 'day-maker')

from divā (by day) + kara (maker)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (divā+kara)

• divā – by day, daily
  indeclinable
• kara – maker, doer, hand, ray
  noun (masculine)
  from root √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of the simile